Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.

Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety.

Anxiety is an even better teacher than reality, for one can temporarily evade reality by avoiding the distasteful situation; but anxiety is a source of education always present because one carries it within.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly